One I like to do is carne asada. I usually get flap mear from the local Mexican market and do a marinade. After marinaded, depending on how much time I have, I cook direct at about 500 and due to marinade dripping into the fire I open vent after that. 2-4 minutes a side and great tacos.

in the fridge right now i have a bag of korean beef strips in marinade and a bag of chicken tenderloins in marinade. both can be cooked hot and fast as strips or kebobs or stirfried in the wok. also have some thin pork sirloin steaks that i think im going to make a portuguese vinegar pork with if i can find a good recipe.

Nothing is easier than a pork loin roast, indirect. Plug in the Mav making it a "set it and forget it" cook. Also the frozen twice bakers can go around it and will be done at about the same time. Veggie is usually a big mixed green salad.

Don't use the egg for quick and easy meals. Takes to long to get going. That is what the old gasser is for.

Know what you mean - I use the gasser for hot dogs for the grandkids, they don't like them boiled. Hot dogs do not qualify as a meal, IMHO.

When SWMBO wants a chicken breast slathered in BBQ sauce, the gasser has it done before the egg is even up to heat.

The side burner on the gasser has a stir fry done before I even have the electric starter out of the egg.... To me it doesn't make sense to stir fry on the egg unless you are doing a number of dishes. To each his own....

To cut down on time, prep the egg so that it is ready to lite when you get home. A weed burner may be a good option for you. As soon as you get home, hit the coals with that for a few minutes. Then go inside and by the time you come out with your food you'll have a hot egg.